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- Patented Am. 1,1919.

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1M jmoww WILLIAM O. BACKLUND, OF STROMSBURG, NEBRASKA.

REIN-BUGKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

Application filed January 3. 1918. Serial No. 210,203.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM 0. Beck- LUND, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Stromsburg, in the county of Polk and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rein-Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in rein buckles, and tl1epr1- mary object of the invention is to provlde a new and improved check rein attachment which is designed to keep reins from sliding through the rings, and tumbling over and catching in the fly net and twisting the lines.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is easily and simply constructed, inexpensive to manufacture, and one which will be very efiicient in operation.

With these and numerous objects in view, my invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, which will be herein referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claim.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a top plan of the buckle,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse section therethrough.

In describing my invention I shall refer to the drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views. This check rein attachment is applied to the conventional type of check rein, wherein portions thereof converge and extend rearwardly 1n connection with the usual hook by which the rein is held.

The numeral 1 designates in this attachment, which is formed of a ring 2, being provided with diametrically opposed projecting ear portions 3, said ear portions having depending from the other sides thereof the arm portions 4:, of a diametrically extending U-shaped cross bar 5, which has centrally disposed and projecting upwardly therefrom through the ring a looking pin or stud 6. This buckle is preferably formed of a single piece, and the cross bar with a locking pin or stud, receive the converging portions of the rein, and securely hold the same when passed over said bar, and through the ring.

The ring 2 is provided with a projecting portion 7 that extends therefrom in a single plane with said ring, and the extremity of the buckle used the projecting portion has formed thereon an inclined elongated guide loop 8. The

projecting portion 7 and the loop 8 are preferably formed integral with the buckle 1, and extend therefrom as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

In operation, the converging portions of the check rein extend through the inclined guide loop 8, and up through the ring 1, said reins being passed over the cross bar 5, and locked by the locking pin or stud 6 pro jecting through the openings in the reins, whereby said reins may be passed down underneath the ring on the opposite side of the cross bar which securely locks them in position. The inclined loop 8, projects downwardly below the ring 2 which forms the buckle l, and hence the portions of the check rein may be easily guided therethrough and then up over the cross bar that carries the locking pin. This bar depends from the lower surface of the ring as has been fully described, and hence the reins may be easily guided into locking position.

he pin or stud 6 extends upwardly above the upper surface of the rings, so that when in position, there will be no likelihood of the reins working loose.

The frame buckle is preferably formed of a single piece of cast iron, as owing to its extremely simple construction, the various parts thereof may be formed integral. The inclined guide loop 8 is a very material feature of this device, as the position of the same is essential to properly guide and hold the check reins in locked position when cooperatively related with the buckle. If the frame buckle is made of malleable cast iron, the buckle can be cast fiat, and the end bent after malleablization. It should also be borne in mind that since the rein will pass through the ring 2, it will, by reason of the shape of the ring, be crowded in a manner to cause the same to be firmly engaged by the pin 6 and in consequence, liability of disengagement thereof from the buckle will be reduced to minimum.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought that a clear and comprehensive understanding of the construction, operation, and advantages of my invention may be had, and while I have shown and described the device as embodying a specific structure,

desire that it be understood that such changes may be made in said structure as do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A check rein connector including a ringlike body portion, a tongue extending laterally therefrom in the same plane therewith, a guide loop on the outer end of said tongue disposed at an angle oblique to the body por- 10 tion, a diametrically opposed bar carried by said body portion and arranged below the same, saidbar being arranged in parallelism to the guide loop, and a vertically disposed pin carried by the bar intermediate its ends. 15

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature hereto.

WILLIAM O. BACKLUND.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

' Washington, I). 0. 

